2016 Hiring and Compensation Trends for Creatives

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2016HIRING AND COMPENSATIONTRENDS

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  © 2015 The Creative Group. A Robert Half Company. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.

Presenter Name Presenter Title

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7 Sizzling Trends Impacting Hiring

1. Job seekers are in command

2. Digital reigns supreme

3. Perks have come into season

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7 Sizzling Trends Impacting Hiring

Advertising and marketing

executives were asked:

Which one of the following work-

life balance perks do you think

employees at your company

would find most appealing?

Does your company offer

this perk?

Source: The Creative Group survey of more than 400 advertising and marketing executives in the United States

Flexible work

schedule or a

compressed

workweek

Remote

working

options

Liberal

vacation

policies

and/or

sabbaticals

Concierge

services

(e.g., on-site

dry cleaning,

car wash,

haircut)

Day care or

the ability

to bring

children to

work

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7 Sizzling Trends Impacting Hiring

4. Companies are sharpening

employee skills

5. Job-hopping and counteroffers

are on the rise

6. Full-time and contract-to-hire

employment is heating up

7. Indie creatives are in demand

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Salary Trends in 2016

Starting salaries

are getting bigger:

+4.2% for interactive

jobs

+3.8% overall

Multimedia Designer

$61,750 - $91,000

6.3%

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*Salary ranges represent starting compensation only, because factors such as seniority and work ethic make ongoing pay difficult to measure.

Position LOW HIGH % Change

Interactive Creative Director $104,500 - $193,000 6.0%

User Experience (UX) Specialist $86,500 - $132,500 5.9%

User Interface (UI) Developer $87,500 - $132,000 5.9%

Information Architect $90,000 - $137,250 5.7%

Infographics Designer $58,000 - $83,000 5.4%

Video Producer $65,500 - $95,500 5.4%

Interaction Designer (1-5 years) $58,250 - $88,500 5.2%

Front-End Web Developer (3+ years) $72,000 - $100,000 5.0%

Email Designer $55,000 - $78,750 4.7%

Mobile Designer $75,000 - $113,750 4.6%

Salary Trends in 2016

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5 In-Demand Areas of Expertise

• Coding

• Content management systems

• SEO/SEM

• Social media

• Soft skills

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Indispensable Positions

• Digital strategist

• Content strategist

• User experience (UX) designer

• User interface (UI) developer

• Front-end web developer

• Web content writer

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The Creative Group Salary Center

Your resource for current hiring and

compensation trends:

creativegroup.com/salary-center

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